Long Wharf Theatre

Founded in 1965, Long Wharf Theatre is a leader in the American theatre, revitalizing classic and modern plays for a contemporary audience, discovering new resonance in neglected works, and producing new plays by emerging and established voices that both investigate and celebrate the unique circumstances of our time. Long Wharf Theatre has a legacy of sustained artistic achievement, having been one of the first recipients of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In addition, Long Wharf Theatre contributes to the national theatre field by producing and premiering plays that are subsequently presented elsewhere. One in seven Long Wharf Theatre productions has gone on to a future life in New York or at another regional theatre, and more than thirty Long Wharf Theatre productions have transferred to Broadway or Off-Broadway, including three Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. Based in New Haven, Long Wharf Theatre reaches more than 65,000 patrons annually through its six productions and more than 3,000 Connecticut elementary, middle, and high school students through its curriculum-based education initiatives.